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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 5 November 202625 issues · 84 checks
This review found 25 issues worth fixing on midspec.com, 9 of them high impact, across 84 checks. The most urgent: improve image delivery. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
89BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 2.0 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 97 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 94 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 92 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 89 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 91 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 89 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 89 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 91 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 93 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 94 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 95 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 96 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 95 ms |
Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.
One score from every part of this review. How it works
Speed
Improve image delivery
3.0 s · 511 KiB3 images could be 511 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 3.0 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.1 s · 590 KiB42 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (590 KiB).
Render-blocking requests
1.1 s9 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.1 s.
Mobile performance score: 66
66/100Your mobile performance score is 66. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, hsappstatic.net and Hubspot and others), adding 768 KiB and 555 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
250 KiBAbout 250 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
hsappstatic.net adds 158 ms
158 mshsappstatic.net costs a phone 158 ms of main-thread work and 377 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Reduce unused CSS
160 ms · 37 KiBAbout 37 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 160 ms faster on a phone.
6 long tasks on the main thread
6 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 124 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Legacy JavaScript
14 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 14 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Minify CSS
10 ms · 4 KiB4 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
Chained critical requests
Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.
Forced reflow
Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.
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Main-thread work: 1.5 s
A phone's processor spends 1.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 669 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 2 ms
2 msYour server sent the HTML in 2 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 12.9 s
12.9 sYour largest element takes 12.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.
Time to Interactive: 13.1 s
13.1 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 13.1 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 5.8 s
5.8 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.8 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
0%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 97 ms to 95 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-1%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.0 s to 2.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).
Real-user LCP: 1.8 s
1.8 sReal visitors wait 1.8 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 87 ms
87 msReal visitors wait 87 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.5 s
1.5 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.5 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 641 ms
641 msReal visitors wait 641 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Total Blocking Time: 185 ms
185 msScripts block the page for only 185 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
First Contentful Paint: 1.7 s
1.7 sThe first text or image appears after 1.7 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.009
0.009The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.009, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 4.3 MB in 74 requests
4.3 MBYour homepage downloads 4.3 MB in 74 requests on a phone: images 3.0 MB (19), scripts 731 KiB (28) and fonts 335 KiB (6). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
3 images over 500 KB
3 images weigh 1.6 MB together. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.
1 image far larger than shown
434 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example oversized-load-traveling.jpg at 3,000 px wide, shown at 350 px. Resized copies would save about 434 KiB.
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (495 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 1.2 g of CO₂ per visit
1.21 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.21 g of CO₂e: 145.2 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
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Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Accessibility
1 text element with low contrast
1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (16 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 16 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
1 link without text
1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.
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Every image has alt text
All 8 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
41 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 44 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 41 passed and 3 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Structured data has 5 problems
Structured data found (BreadcrumbList, ItemList, Organization and Service) but with 5 problems, for example “Service: missing name”.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
67 internal links, 11 external
The homepage links to 67 pages on midspec.com and 11 external pages.
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Meta description: 121 characters
Your meta description is 121 characters: “Commercial shipping is complicated. At ATS, we help make the process simple so you look great in front of your customer…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Confidence In Every Shipment { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https:/…”.
Title: 40 characters
Your title is a healthy 40 characters: “Worldwide Transportation Solutions | ATS”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.atsinc.com/.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.atsinc.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No llms.txt
There is no https://www.atsinc.com/llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.
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AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Organization data: 6 of 6 facts
Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo, sameAs (social profiles), description and contact details.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (593 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
Other pages
1 page without an H1
https://www.atsinc.com/contact-us/request-a-quote-general-inquiry has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
1 page with very little text
https://www.atsinc.com/contact-us/request-a-quote-general-inquiry has under 150 words in the HTML. Thin pages rarely rank; if the text loads with JavaScript, crawlers that don't run it see even less.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 44 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
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Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
4 small tap targets
4 of 14 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.
1 third-party cookie
1 third-party cookie is set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
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No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Local business without LocalBusiness data
Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 104 testimonial or review blocks. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
No risk reducer
No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.
About 419 words of copy
The homepage carries about 419 words of visible text.
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Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Request A Quote”.
6 calls to action
The homepage has 6 calls to action, for example “Request A Quote”, “Contact Us” and “Subscribe to the Learning Hub”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 0 email links.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
Privacy and tracking
3 trackers load before any consent
3Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and HubSpot (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (HubSpot cookie banner) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
3 cookies set on arrival
3Opening the homepage sets 3 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
22 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 22 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: HubSpot cookie banner
A consent management tool (HubSpot cookie banner) loads with the page.
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at midspec.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- CMS
- WordPress
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- HubSpot
Company
- Headquarters
- Rochester
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